>> as they back away and put up cooling water that's when it opened up and initially found a source and lit off. >> i still have burning in my throat. >> it's messing up a lol lot of

the kids. >> we are taking the pressure that is still there. the little bit of resituatedal pressure and letting it burn. >>reporter: captain see it right now but the fire at the refinery is still burning and it will be 1 more day before the company can say that fire is out. good evening everyone. dan has the night off. chevron host add community meeting tonight to answer concerns of residents and the meeting just ended. john is at the richmond community center tonight. quite lively there. >> yes it was very loud. it was very raucous. police estimate about 700 people showed up here. right now last of them are filtering out. angry residents. went after chevron for what happened last night. as well as raising question about his air quality here. the chevron plant manager began by apologizing for what happened but then the evening quickly evolved into a night of cat call and heckling. >> i also apology for the disruption and concern that we

caused you as our community last night. as part of the richmond refinery ri fire and smoke you saw, i have nothing more to say, nothing really to add from my sincerest apology. >> i have personal responsibility to 1600 employe employees. [ yelling]. >> sir that's not relevant. [ yelling]. >>reporter: and so it went this evening. resident complain they didn't hear the siren or get telephone warning calls yesterday. county officials say at the can activate the system around 6:30 last tonight right after the fire started. number of resident blame them for possible environmental problem problems. >> my grandson are to look forward to having cancer. do i have to put my horse to sleep because it developed cancer. i notice a lot of horses out there. are getting cancer. where is it coming from. coming from you guys? >> education. we are our lives

are not for sale. >>reporter: and it became testy when people who grow several community garden here in richmond claim the crops were ruined by chevron. some of them actually threw vegetable on the stage where the officials were and police moved in a lot closer at that point but there were no arrest and no accidents beyond some of those somewhat tense moments. we learn tonight that as of 5:00 o'clock tonight 9 49 residents we know to local emergency rooms complaining of breathing problems. irritated eyes. nobody was admitted. 9 49 people going to emergency rooms. also the bay area air quality management district says that there is nothing to indicate from monitors that air quality is unhealthy. how far, they are looking at sol of the par particulate matter trapped in filter around the area. those matters will be tested and those results will be available in several days. live in richmond, abc 7 news.

>> thank you john. we'll the leak at the refinery started as a drip an 8 inch pipe. workers took 2 hours tow valuate the problem and gather the proper staff. dan has been looking into this and he tells us that when workers finally pulled off the pipe insulation, all hell broke loose. >> engine 61. engine 62. engine 64. engine 66. >>reporter: first call came natural richmond police department. contra costa county fire. sheriff's department. 6:35 last night. from the beginning there was no miss taking the seriousness of the situation. >> chp ready. stop 5 y on the shoulder to watch the fire. >>reporter: first rae respon responders fire ambulance crew. epa agent. contra costa county hazardous material staff rush to the scene. >> people saw a lot of black smoke that is usually a lot of particulate in the smoke and debris can go that the lung and

irritate your throat. >>reporter: but the question tonight is did chevron workers act quickly enough to fix what at first appeared to be a minor leak of diesel fuel? >> they are saying drip like 20 drip a minute or something. so it was very small. they were getting a team together to determine how they were either block off and repair the line or put a patch on the line. >>reporter: workers discovered the leak after 4:15 in the afternoon. took them more than 2 hours to evaluate the problem and get a plan to fix it. at 6:30 they tear off the pipe insulation and pour cooling water on it. pipe failed completely. workers evacuate and unit 4 up in flames. at news conference this afternoon chevron head of emergency services defended workers taking 2 hours to address the leak. >> we are evaluating that actual leak. we are lack to go see is what causing it. where it is. how we can isolate it. looking at all the different options. it's during the two hour period while we are evaluating the leak to

determine what xlaibingt we need to do that it got worse. >> 2 hours is a very expected time frame in which to make abscessment. >>reporter: i spoke to oil industry consultant in houston this afternoon who explains shutting down a line in a refinery is not as easy as turning off a faucet. >> running thousands of gallons of product through this line many over the course of a day and you just can't stop it suddenly. without having potentially severe impact of strength. >>reporter: this is the third serious fire at the refinery in the past 13 years. the failure of a pipe improperly attached caused this blaze in january of 2007. one refinery worker suffered minor burns. and in march of 99 a leaking pipe created a vapor cloud that exploded and burned. 400 neighbors went to the hospital during that incident. cal/osha and contra costa county health officials now investigating. one question they have to address is did the process of

pouring that cooling water on the hot pipe cause it to rupture? if you have a tip about what happened at chevron last night, e-mail me through the i team page at 7 news.com or call this number on the screen. for the i team, dan, abc 7 news. >> chevron repine ri has been in richmond for 110 years. long before it was surrounded by a dense urban neighborhood. today the refinery produces not only gas budget fuel diesel and other products. this is the third serious fire at the refinery in the past 13 years. pipe failure caused this fire in january 2007. one worker suffered minor burns. chevron says no unsafe levels of any hazardous materials released during that event n.march of 1999 a leaking pipe created a vapor cloud that exploded and burned. 400 neighbors went to the hospital during that sdichbility many of them complaining of respiratory problems. with major component of the richmond refinery now off line, 2 kinds of pressure will build

at the pump price rises and at other rae finery which pay try to boost production. 7 news business technology reporter david louie has that part of the team coverage. >>reporter: no easy way to replace the gasoline that chevron can't produce with the number 4 crude unit down. california drivers use a special formula to meet clean air standards. about 15 percent of it comes from the richmond rae finery. rae finery in other states would have to gear up to make the california newly could take weeks. in the mean time pump prices expected to sore. director of the energy efficiency center at stanford. >> i expect we'll have gasoline price that is will increase at least 20 cents a gallon. maybe 50 cents a gallon and if it came up more than that, i wouldn't actually be totally shocked. >>reporter: higher could be a profit incentive to motivate other refinery to have bigger production. few have

much additional capacity we are told. >> pushing the refinery to even produce more california blend is pretty difficult to do. they will probably try to do that in part because it's even more profitable now than we have seen in last few months. >>reporter: price pressure is also expected to expand to the airline and trucking industrie industries. bay area airport have large storage tank that serve as supply cushion. we spot check southwest air lines that said it didn't expect a negative impact. san francisco international says it buys jet fuel from shell so average driver will feel the shock first and many can't afford a 25 cent spike. >> i live from day-to-day. it's already out of reach. i have to go to 0orinda cost me $25 to go over the hill and back. >>reporter: factor that will decide how much gas prices will rise and for how long is when chevron will be back in full production. which the company is not willing to project. >> i understand what people are thinking but i'm afraid i can not speculate at this time what

i will say is that we will only start the facility back up when fully safe to do so. >>reporter: put this price increase in perspective. california use about his 1 million gallon of goods a day. 25 cent per gallon increase translates into 250,000 dollars out of your pocket every day. in millbrae david louie abc 7 news. >> much more news of the day just ahead pit bull and police officer. officer attack. horse needs stitches. dog owner arrested. >> also injury for the raiders running back sent to the his after getting hit too hard during practice. >> i'm in the accu-weather forecast center. mild becomes warm and warm becomes hot. my accu-weather forecast coming u up. >> all right thanks spencer. also ahead. facebook takes a gamble. new game where users can play with real money. also coming up. bay area man doing more than just clowning around. tonight unique look at the boy hood life in the circus. 7

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>> police identified second suspect in sunday fatal somewhating of hay school football player. he's 27-year-old matthew cap who police say should be considered armed and dangerous. he was let out of prop last year under

a new law allowing release of low level offenders. he had been convicted of domestic violence charge. he's wanted in connection with sunday night shooting of 16-year-old boy he was walk with a friend. initial reports say the shooting may have been gang related. the other suspect is twain-year-old jacob steven antioch arrested sunday on parole violation while leaving that area. >> member of the oakland raiders has been release from napa hospital tonight following an injury at training camp. running back good son wept down after helmet to helmet white a team mail. he stayed down on the field for 15 minutes treated by trainers and paramedic. there was concern about a serious injury even though good son was conscientious and moving his arms and legs before being taken to the hospital by ambulance. he is back at his hotel tonight. police horse recovering tonight after being bitten by a pit bull in san francisco. happened yesterday afternoon picnic area not far from

christy field. officer asked the dog owner to control the animal. it was in an off leash area. dog apparently bark and lunge biting the horse stomach and latching on to the leg throwing both of the horse and officer to the ground. the owner was arrested. dog captured. it's now in the care of animal control. the horse wounds were stitched and stapled. officials say he was pretty chewed up but he should be okay. >> there has been grumbling among the rank about san jose police chief but this morning they decided overwhelmingly not to move forward with a vote of no confidence regarding his leadership. one of the key problems in the department is not enough officers. some say that's one of the reasons behind a recent spike in burglary. more now from corina rusk. >> you are looking at recent surveillance video in san jose showing a burglary in progress. it is happening at businesses and in people homes. this couple lives on a block where 2 burglaries happened in just the past two weeks.

>> the people who are breaking in seem to know the flow of the neighborhood. in other words, where people are in or out. >>reporter: the san jose police department reports more than 2400 burglaries in the first 6 months of this year. 34 percent jump from the first half of last year. >> to say i'm not concerned would be wrong. very concerned about it. curb on what is the cause. >>reporter: early speculation the state budget crisis and fall out from prison realignment could be one contributing factor. here an elsewhere. >> they have been releasing prisoners out of the state prisons putting them in the county jails which then means you have to take people out of the county jail and put them on the street. so these are non-violent people but non-violent people are a problem. >>reporter: they need more officer on pa trochlt over 1,000 sworn officers to serve and protect a city of nearly 1 million people. burglaries are a lower priority than violent crimes which officers say is

understandable but still extremely frustrating for them and the public. >> don't know what to tell the citizens when we tell them we won't investigate the person who broke 52 their house and stole their things. it's a difficult job for us. >>reporter: department is so short staffed earlier this year it announced it won't respond to burglar alarm unless it can be verified an actual burglary is in progress. so if people with home alarm systems have reason to worry we will cancel our plan. checking all the doors and everything and make sure we had our alarm on and worried about it the whole time we were again. >>reporter: given the recent spike in burglary the police department will be updating the city safety committee on these crimes. how many are taking place. where they are taking place. and trying to come up with possible solutions given limited resources. in san jos jose, corrina abc 7 news. >> we saw slightly warmer temperatures today. i guess might be quite a bit warmer depending where you are. that will continue isn't it. >> it certainly is. have a

stretch of some of the hottest weather we have seen this season so far. appropriate for this time of year. usually one of the hot elingt months. exactly right. live view from the high definition sutro camera looking at looking toward the golden gate bridge. you can probably see it right now. don't have any coastal fog or marine layer. obscuring our view of the bridge tonight. mostly clear sky all across the bay area. mild conditions. let's look at live doppler 7 hd and you can sea by the radar image what clouds there are as well out to sea. clear skies. again $1 million conditions right now. current temperature readings 58 degrees in san francisco. 65 across the bay oakland. 73 in concord and balmy 80 in antioch which is of our warm spot at this hour of the night. highlights warm to hot next 5 days. triple digit temperature readings inland. thursday through saturday. then cooler pattern settle in early next week. now the national picture lacks like this. big hot air mass blanket much of the u.s. sliding west

last couple days. from thursday through saturday under the influence of the hot air mass temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in many of our inland locations. heat will spread actually state wide and tomorrow in the next few days we see high pressures in the central valley ranging from 105 to 110 degrees. won't be that hot here in the bay area. but we have our usual summer sprea spread. 63 degrees pacifica. up to about 76 in oakland. up to 100 degrees in the inland east bay and brentwood. 37 degree spread between coastal high and inland high. on we go to lack at some selected temperatures for tonight. overnight a little fog at the coast. not much. low pressure mainly in the mid upper 50's. 63 at antioch which again will be our warm spot overnight. tomorrow sunny sky in the south bay with high pressure mainly in the mid to upper 80's. santa clare 87 at campbell. on the planes we see upper 70's to low 80's. low 80's at redwood city. palo alto mountain view and low mid 60's on the coast up to 66 degrees at half moon

bay tomorrow. also 66 in san francisco sunset district. 71 degrees downtown san francisco tomorrow. up in the north bay nice and warm. almost hot upper 80's at novato and napa. low 90's in calistoga and 97 at clover dale. nearest bay 80 degree ins richmond. 76 at oakland. 79 san leandro. inland east bay hot tomorrow with high mainly in the upper 90's. 97 at pittsburgh. danville and livermore. 98 at antioch and 100 at brentwood. near monterey bay we see 70's to low 80's in the bay and mid 90's inland. accu-weather 7 day forecast. thursday. friday. saturday. temperatures at or above 100 degrees in many of our inland locations. we just see mid upper 90's on sunday. then cooling trend settles in for next week. temperatures moderate ago bit but it's a nice stretch of hot weather. any kind of weather you want mild to warmer around the bay and cool on the coast. >> heat wave though. >> it is indeed. >> thanks spencer.

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>> ocean avenue was blocked. viewer sent thus video. of the fire. by you report. 2 firefighters were injured nearly a dozen businesses had 3 million dollars worth of damag damage. 7 news reporter sue thompson has the story. irmingts as fire crew go in to

fight the flames in san francisco ocean avenue, an unexpected and powerful fire ball comes thundering out. back-draft. strong enough to push 200 pound men backward. >> the rapid ignition of hot gases within the building and the energy actually sent the fire ball nearly across the street to where we are standing right now. >>reporter: assistant fire chief says he has only seen this twice. >> something out of the ordinary took place. i have been in the fire department for 30 years and this is only the second back-draft that i have witnessed. so they are rare occurrence. >>reporter: the 4 alarm blaze is believed to have started in this coffee shop and spread fast to the as many as 10 businesses. why? or how? isn't yet known. but neighbors say the whole scene is tough to watch. >> there were flames. flames kept ongoing and going and going and going kudo to the firemen.

>>reporter: took 120 firefighters and 40 units to take on this fire. crew say with the buildings made of wood and so compact and close together, it fueled the flames. >> flames just kept going from one store all to the left to another to another. >>reporter: 2 firefighters were injured here. one shoulder injury. the second was in a regular heart beat after the back-draft situation. talking to the assistant chief he said it's a miracle they made it through n.san francisc francisco, few thompson abc 7 news. >> it happened again less than 3 week after the colorado theater massacre a movie gore makes a brazen move. >> chance to come out of the shadow. thousands of undocumented immigrant get ready to put fear aside and legally apply for work. also. >> it's romney hood. >> humor in the race for president. obama team introduce as word we may hearing a lot more

>> we begin this half hour on somber note. american hero rurnsd to his home and family this morning in the benjamin was combat medic serving in afghanistan when killed. reporter tim at the airport when the remains were returned to his family. >>reporter: patriotism on display as supporters and the family of benjamin flight waited for the plane to touch down. benjamin is just the fourth national guard member from california to die in afghanistan. and the first from this area. fellow

guardsman also from stanislaus county remembers the great attitude. >> the smile. the smile was everything. he always had a smile. good attitude. we lick the call it squared away. he was just outstanding soldier. ask him to do something or go somewhere and he would run to go do it. >>reporter: the cause of death not yet released but he was a combat medic working in a logistic unit moving equipment an trp within afghanistan. obviously dangerous duty. and this was his first deployment seas. but that fellow guardsman says he knew and welcomed the risk. >> he sacrificed more than honorable. he would have willingly l laid his life down for any civilian, any american citizen. he was that kind of guy. patriotic. many. >>reporter: 25-year-old officer leaves behind his parents and 2 brothers. he

will be buried at the san joaquin national cemetery in merced county. modest to, news 10. the man who killed 6 people last year and shot former congresswoman giffords will not face the death penalty. loughner driven to federal court in tucson this morning. for more than a year he has been force fed medication to control his schizophrenic yeah. today a judge ruled that that treatment has made loughner competent. he allowed him to change his plea to get. that guilty plea again means no death penalty. he will be sentenced to life in federal prison without parole. giffords agreed with the plea saying it will allow everyone to continue to recover. we learn today that ohio man has been arrested after police say he went to the late showing of the dark knit rise was a huge stash of weapons. police say scott smith bass to enter the 10:00 p.m. show when officer noticed something a little off. smith was carrying a military style pouch like this one. inside was a loaded gun. 3 loaded magazine with dozens of rounds of ammunition. 3 hunting knives along with

fourth hunting knife hidden under the clothes. combine that with where police say smith sat in the movie theater. >> he was the first guy in there the only guy in there. sat in the last row right in the middle. tactical advantage position basically. nobody was in the theater. thank god. later on they had 70 or 80 people in the same theater. so the risk is very high. >>reporter: smith home found 7 rifles. 5 hand guns. more ammo. gas mask and bullet paragraph vest. no motive yet. 12 people were killed when somebody opened fire in aurora colorado at this movie. >> avalanche of work permit applications next week and 5 50,000 undocumented immigrant in the bay area will become eligible to apply. mark matthews tonight with the story of one, 15-year-old from san jose. >>reporter: when isn't working this summer lucy is

volunteering here at the california an for justice office in san jose. in a couple of week she's back at the high school taking advance placement history, english lit, calculus, physics and spanish. >> it's kind of sometimes hard to manage the time but i if he that things have to get done and i have to do them. >>reporter: on the to do list. get into stanford. >> either major in being a lawyer or a nurse or doctor. >>reporter: this week she shared her dream at news conference in san jose. and the president deferred action program. >> this does not provide permanent legal status but it does provide relief. >>reporter: the president did last month was issue an executive order. allowing undocumented people like her to come out of the shadow and aplay for renewable 2 year permit that will keep them from being deported. >> again my parents taught me that i have to be responsible. >>reporter: 15-year-old tells me her parents are supporting

her decision to apply. knowing that it raises the risk that they could be found out and deported. >> i have thought about that. >>reporter: how often. >> pa couple of times. >>reporter: coming close to tears she tells me she doesn't want to think about that. it's too scary. but her parents told her the chance to be in the country with permission to good to college to be able to aplay for financial help to have a legal job is worth the risk. >> we have to stop being afrai afraid. and start finding myself not being afraid any more. >>rertpo back when the president made the announcement on june 15 we reported on who east eligible and how to apply but if you want the details you can find them on the federal government immigration web site go to abc 7 news.com. click on the see it on tv link at the top of the page. get you connected. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> new abc news "washington

post"poll tonight shows republican presidential candidate mitt romney has lo lowest personal popularity ratings in 24 years. just 40 percent of responded to him favor pwlichlt frain percent see him unfavor pwlichlt president obama is favored by 53 percent of those polled. 43 percent see him as unfavorable. the poll also shows the president with a 22 percent lead among women. 2 candidates are essentially tied among men. on the campaign trail today a possible new buzz word for president obama. attack ad from governor romney and not going to be the g.o.p. vice-presidential nominee. karen has the story. >>reporter: president obama has been hammering mitt romney for his economic plan. >> governor romney plan would effectively raise taxes on middle class family with children by afternoon of 2000 dollars. >>reporter: but at fundraiser last night in connecticut the president launched a new attack and the crowd loved it. >> it's like robin hood in

reverse. it's romney hood. >>reporter: romney campaign focus on welfare this week. choosing the president of spreading welfare reform with waiver to state. >> under obama plan wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they just sent you your welfare check. welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. romney will restore the work rirlt because it wor works. >>reporter: under the new rules implemented by the obama administration aplay for federal welfare regulation indication but republicans say it gets around the reformula. that law requires welfare recipient to work or get job training. so far only 2 states have applied for waivers. utah and nevada. both have republican governors. you can cross a few mr. names off the romney v p contender list. rnc announce more head lane speaker this month convention. santorum and jeb bush. both received some v p buzz but were

considered long shots. romney horse was eliminate from the olympics today which means he could be heading back from london soon. which means a v p announcement could be imminent. karen abc news washington. >> facebook is venturing into the world of on line gambling. today it lawchblinged the first app where people can stake real money with video game bingo frenzy only available to users united kingdom over the age of 15. england good test market because best is popular and regulation are strict. slot machine games will be added in the coming weeks. facebook largest gaming partner hoping to introduce real money gambling version of the poker bingo and slot machine games in 2013. we have the first color image of mars from the nasa rove tore share with you. take a look. that's the rim of the crate or in the background. image fuzzy because the dust cover is still on the camera. we expect to have some better image to share in the days ahead.

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aclu threaten to sue a public charter school in louisiana. the. the school demanding female students take pregnancy ts test if suspected of being pregnant. then they force the girls to leave. aclu says the ask policy is unconstitutional and violates federal law. school says the policyen shawr student exhibit what it calls acceptable character traits. >> well a government study shows proportion of children with high cholesterol has fallen in the past 10 years. results are surprising given the childhood obesity rate

didn't budge. some experts think most children may not be eating lessor exercising more they may getting fewer trans-fat. artery clogging removed or reduced in many processor fried food such as do nut cookie or french fry. >> many medical professionals training includes much more than rounds at hospital. involves stepping into the a virtual world. and one new state of the art facility is taking the concept to the extreme. there is an operating room. trauma center and state of the art technology. but there are no patients. at least not real ones. the center for advance medical learning and simulation is located in tampa, florida. it's a 30 million dollar complex that allows doctors nurses and medical students to train with simulation technology. >> what we are trying to do in the medical world is to get our simulators to be as close to real life as possible so that the participants ideally forget their on a simulator. >>reporter: the patients are robotic republic hi ka of the human body which can be

programmed to respond to various medical procedures. deborah sufficienter land the center ceo says both students and professionals learn better in real world environment. >> so we have a realistic environment where they actually get to simulate either individual or team training as it would be performed in the clinical area. everything is very realistic. >>reporter: create the most true to life environment as possible different music lighting piped into a trauma operating room. even sound of helicopters and gunfire to simulate a war zone. or more soothing blue green light simulate a calming operating environment for vascular surgery. there are even entire pediatric ward with crying robotic babies. and people acting as worried mothers. >> he also can move and breathe and heart rate. things start getting to people emotional side and bring out that feeling that this is a real situation. >>reporter: while the florida center is unique in size. smaller versions of the virtual training center are also being

used at several major medical schools around the country. here in the bay area stanford uc sf and california medical center use that training from surgery to prot consolidate for patient care. >> coming up next. bay area performer who was born into show business. look

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>> lorenzo didn't run away from the circus. he was born in it. now has a one man show about growing up in the pickle family circus. don sanchez has the circus. don sanchez has the story >>reporter: he wasn't literally born in a trunk but almost. >> i spent a lot of i'm in a

steamer trunk carried in the ring on my father's back. i have to get that the trunk a few times in the show. i remember it being a lot bigger. >>reporter: dramatic actor and clown. worn into show business. his folks started san francisco pickle family circus. lorenzo was part of it from the time of 2. at age 6 they made him sign a contract. >> they are trying to instill in me a sense of responsibility. >>reporter: circus was his life. his dad larry was his inspiration. teaching technique like how to fall. the show humor abuse is their story. >> the definition of humor because is more what one there's go through in order to achieve the funny. >>reporter: how far you are willing to go. on the way he grew up. he's 6 feet you will tall. while touring he found acting on broadway. he was nugget the horse opposite harry potter. >> to watch dan kind of

navigate his life with such grace, that was remarkable. >>reporter: but there was an issue with harry potter fans. >> distracting at times because they would try to get dan's attention in the middle of some of the most intense scenes. >>reporter: it was after this that he wrote humor abuse. lorenzo never thought it would be proud. >> who wants to see a solo show about clowns. not a good sell. >>reporter: but san francisco audience have taken to it. fondly remembering the pickle with laughter. and lorenzo sees it as loving tribute to his father. is about things never said. >> remarkable man. >>reporter: in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and the clowning around continues right now. our own spencer christian. >> everybody wants to get in the act. look better with the nose. >> i thought it was your real nose. >> my real nose. okay. tomorrow. state wide. hot weather up and down. look for high of 100 in sacramento yosemite 105 at fresno. 116

palm springs and 91 at los angeles. here in the bay area temperatures continue to rise upper 90's many inland location. clever dale clear lake inland east bay antioch livermore fairfield 9798 degrees. 70's 80's around the bay. mid 60's on the coast and great baseball weather tomorrow. oakland coliseum a's take on the angels. anaheim. sunny skies. temperatures 70 to 75 degrees in the afternoon. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. we have 3 sizzling days come our way thursday friday saturday inland high over 100 degrees and we have a cooling trend next week. by then we will be ready for it. >> all right. >> i lost the nose. >> terrific. larry is hear now and i'm sure would he like to weigh in on the nose. >> i was going to say. always weather with dignity. >> just not here. >> [ laughing]. >> oh, dear. let's move on. the hottest hit interbaseball right now. giants. buster

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>> coming up tonight at 11. continuing coverage of the chevron refinery fire. 911 call from worried residents who watched the flames and smoke. also strawberry. popular summer fruit could keep you from getting a sunburn. join us for abc 7 news on channel 7 at 11:00. right now. larry is here with sports for us. >> we have a lot of baseball to talk b.giants on the road. sitting just half game away from the nl west and buster doing all he can to keep the giants in first place. tonight in st. louis. woody is there. former giants pitcher reader in the house. giants get things going in the first. 2 on for buster. deep to right center field and that is gone. he's 18. giants up 3 nothing. first baseman craig. offense to the cardinalment bottom 3. barry deep to center. and then

craig next at bat in the fifth. does it again. homer 16 and 17 this year for craig. made ate 3-2 game but zito went and got help from this with double to left center. score belt in the sixth. giants win it 4-2. they are game up on la with dodgers presently losing this evening. game not final, though. a's proven they are legitimate contenders but can they continue to hang with big money. spending club like the angels. tonight at the coliseum. mike brought the fans with him from anaheim. they were just disappointed early. could loan struck him out twice but he homer later. pride of petaluma. johnny opens the scoring. laser to left. barbecue terrace. 12th of the year. bottom 3 bases loaded for derek. ground to third. alberto miss play the ball right through him. 2 run score. pour it on here. norris deep to left. big fly.

first they rule ate double then the ump regroup. they review it then called ate home run. adam just called up. he hom homers. and then josh reddick went deep. right now the a's are leading 10-1. now it's a final now. 10-2 is the final score. funny moment in the yankees game tonight. look out. coacher got hit in the head by one of his own team mates. had no idea the ball was coming. who was the culprit? former athletic eric. l look at him. oh. sorry dude. sorry. oh. choppy. 49ers open the pre-season this friday nature against the vikings. if defense wins championship the niners coach jim harbaugh is optimistic the lombardi trophy will come back home to san francisco. niner defense have been really dominating offense treng camp so far. the defense

led by smith and willis right there. back and intact even with an offense that has more weapons this season. you figure the niners will win with the d. that was the recipe a for success last year. look at that hit. time and time again. the niners with the league fourth rank d to the championship game. >> our defense is playing extremely well. especially this time of camp. the fact that, you know, 16 other teams that have to look down the gun barrel. makes me the happiest guy in the world. >> t o has a new home. seattle seahawks signed 1 time niner. didn't play last year. knee surgery. spent time in the indoor football league. carol gives him a chance. brace yourselves. about to reveal olympic results. don't want to know who won tonight. look know who won tonight. look away when the music stops.

medal count china lead with 73 total medal. most gold as well with 34. u.s. is next with 70 and 30 republic activity then great britain russia japan rounding out top 5. much of the games tape sdli viewers might miss some magical moment moments. we uncovered a unique perspective of bolt winning the perspective of bolt winning the men 100 meters. >> bolt didn't get the best start. but here comes bolt. he lengthen stride and moves away and bolt the gold again. 9.score. >> even as a lego bolt is the fastest in the world. fastest lego in the world. i don't know why that is so entertaining but it is. >> unique perspective you were toyng sports larry. >> that's me. dignity any in sports. >> both sides here. >> for all of us here at 7 new news. ts